Ledger Сan be Hacked Using a Simple Antenna, Experts Say

Several cybersecurity experts havedecidedto test the cryptocurrency wallets. It turned out that one of the most reliable— Ledger —can be hacked using a simple radio antenna.Cybersecurityexperts, led by DmitryNedospasov, managed to crack a hardware crypto walletusingan old-fashion radio antenna.In addition, experts haveidentifiedseveral more ways to crack the crypto wallets andnot justLedger.

According toexperts, all attacks can bedividedinto three types.The firstfocuses onvulnerabilitiesin wallets supply chains.This means that hackers gain access to thedeviceeven before it falls into thehandsof the client.And when a usertransfers acryptocurrencyto a wallet, attackersgetfull access to it.

The second typeis side channels attacks. Thieves hack the device itself and not the code. Thelastkind isglitchattacks.Aspartof these attacks, hackers crack the code itself and interceptuser data.

Expertssay they conducted all three types of attacks, and it tooka lotof time.They presented theresultsof research during the Chaos Computer Club Conference. But the representatives of the wallet were unsurprised by the experts’ findings.

Nicolas Bacca, CTO at Ledger, toldCoinDeskthat each of the types ofattacksis incredibly unlikely in real life.